Gerald To Explore Ideas About Social Responsibility

Question 1

Ts1: Even though Gerald is generationally similar to S+E, he does not learn to accept responsibility for others.

Answer 1

(‘I don’t come into this suicide business’)
‘I’m rather more-upset-by this business than I probably appear to be’
‘It’s a hoax… we’ve been had’

Question 2

Ts2: Gerald’s refusal to accept responsibility for others damages his relationship with Sheila.

Answer 2

‘You and I aren’t the same people’

‘Everything’s all right now Sheila… what about this ring?’

Question 3

Ts3: Gerald is a construct by Priestley to reflect upper class attitudes towards the working class and attitudes towards women in the Edwardian era and how the audience, along with Gerald, have to accept social responsibility for these issues in order to change the world for the better.

Answer 3

‘They’d be all broke- if I know them’
‘She knew it couldn’t last’
‘The girl… gave me a glance that was nothing less than a cry for help’

Question 4

Find analysis for quotes

Answer 4

‘Gerald’

Question 5

Topic sentences

Answer 5

Ts1: doesn’t accept social responsibility
Ts2: not accepting social responsibility damages his relationship, showing the consequences of not accepting social responsibility.
Ts3: construct to reflect attitudes towards women and attitudes of higher class to working class in Edwardian Era and how the audience, along with Gerald, have to accept social responsibility in order to change society for the better